“I plead with all you well-intentioned but definitely misguided administrators, teachers, and politicians. Raise your heads out of the dust and realize that America is great because America bucked against the status quo.”
A native of Ghana, Alma Ohene-Opare, explains the over-controlling education system of his former country, and urges the USA not to repeat those mistakes.
Read his article, posted by Eagle Forum, linked here.
Isn’t it enough that the SAT, ACT, and the GRE are aligned with the Common Core? The Washington Post writes that now even Girl Scout badges are aligned with the Common Core.
All aspects of society– from birth to preschool to K-12 education to college and jobs–are intended to be aligned. “Seamless” is the term. Please realize, “seamless” is NOT a good thing. Read the article by Valerie Strauss of the Washington Post.
The Federal Department of Education has sent a letter to Washington’s Superintendent of Public Instruction removing Washington State’s waiver from some of the No Child Left Behind’s costly requirements……Federal funding for education is like a drug. Let us clear our minds of the notion that federal money is something we absolutely need and remember that before 1965 schools functioned well without it. […]
The data tech company inBloom was started with seed money from the Gates Foundation. The company’s plan was to collect student data from various sources, store them in the “cloud” and allow the data to be accessed for various educational purposes. Faced with parent concerns and with recent data protection legislation from the New York […]
Last September there was a video about the Maryland father who was arrested after being removed from a Common Core meeting. He felt that key questions, which had to be submitted on slips of paper, were being unanswered by officials from the Maryland Department of Education who were running the meeting. A security guard removed […]
Read the humorous comments by Jay P. Greene about the creation of the standards. He tells us to be prepared for the US Chamber of Commerce’s steps to placate the public. This commentary comes via the Missouri Education Watchdog blog.
The Homeschool Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) has produced an excellent video explaining the Common Core. Featured in the video are James Millgram and Sandra Stotsky, the only two content experts on the Common Core Validation Committee. Along with three others validation committee members, they did not sign off on the Common Core State Standards.
For more information about the Homeschool Legal Defense Association, see their website.
Bah! Humbug! Those of us educated before the Common Core will know what literary work is referenced by that exclamation. Okay, so those who watch movies may also know…but they will understand that the movie was made from the book. All that is changing. The Common Core English Language Arts standards will require 50% of […]
FERPA is the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act. On 12/02/2011, this administration published the final report on the changes it made to the Act. Educational and governmental agencies may now authorize more people and agencies to handle private student information, and those agencies, in turn, may authorize others to handle the information. The agencies […]
“Hidden in Common Core is the real objective – presenting the minimal amount of material that high-school graduates need to be able to enter the work force in an entry-level job.” Dr. James Millgram and Emmet McGroarty have been examining the Common Core State Standards and have been speaking out against them. This article points […]